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Stanton Home Furnishings to open in Virginia-Highland

by on February 28, 2012 in retail

Home decor retailer opening second Atlanta metro area location March 1. Stanton Home Furnishings, a retailer that specializes in furniture, upholstery, accessories, scents and lighting for the home, is expanding in Atlanta. The home decor retailer will open a second location in the Virginia-Highland neighborhood, at 1050 N. Highland Avenue, on March 1, according to [...]

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Emporio Armani, Kiehl’s, Coach, and others file permits to open at Hartsfield-Jackson airport’s new terminal

by on February 19, 2012 in real estate, restaurants, retail

Tommy Hillfiger, Thomas Pink, Mont Blanc and more also opening at Atlanta Airport’s international terminal. Winners of the first executed airport concessions contract for the new international terminal at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport have begun the permitting process. HMS Host and Duty Free, the airport food-service companies responsible for bringing restaurant and retail options to travelers, [...]

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Is Midtown’s My My My boutique saying ‘Bye Bye Bye?’

by on February 13, 2012 in retail

Midtown retailer offering “downsize sale.” Owner won’t comment on what that means. My My My, a boutique offering costume accessories, vintage clothes, and custom-altered party dresses, might be relocating from its prime “Midtown Mile” location. The clothing and accessories retailer, at 900 Peachtree Street, has been offering aggressive sales through its Twitter and Facebook accounts [...]

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Free People and Calypso St. Barth joining Billy Reid and Lululemon Athletica on the westside

by on February 12, 2012 in retail

White Provision scores four new retailers for West Midtown. Jamestown Properties has signed on four new nationally-known retailers for its West Midtown mixed-use development, White Provision. The mixed-use development, at 14th Street and Howell Mill Road, most recently secured leases with Free People and Calypso S. Barth, Amy Wenk with the Atlanta Business Chronicle first [...]

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Vans Shoes opening first Georgia retail shop in Buckhead

by on February 7, 2012 in retail

Shoe manufacturer seeking sales associates, floor and stockroom supervisors for Lenox Square Mall store. Vans Shoes, an American-based shoe manufacture, is opening its first “official” retail store in Buckhead. The shoe manufacture filed a permit with City of Atlanta for its tenant build out to space at Lenox Square Mall. Tenant alterations to the 3,136-square-foot [...]

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Lilly Pulitzer to open first Georgia retail store in Buckhead

by on February 6, 2012 in retail

Apparel retailer coming soon to Phipps Plaza Mall. Lilly Pulitzer, know for its clothing and other wares featuring bright, colorful, floral prints, is opening its first retail store in Buckhead. The apparel retailer filed a permit for commercial alterations to space inside Phipps Plaza, at 3500 Peachtree Road, in Buckhead. Lilly Pulitzer Inc. will spend [...]

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Outwrite Bookstore & Coffeehouse permanently closes; it will not relocate as planned

Outwrite Bookstore & Coffeehouse permanently closes; it will not relocate as planned

by on January 26, 2012 in retail

Bookstore owner files bankruptcy, scraps plans to relocate. The corner of 10th Street and Piedmont Avenue in Midtown is going to have a very different vibe than its had for the past 15 years come Friday morning. That’s because the corner’s iconic Outwrite Bookstore & Coffeehouse has permanently closed, the bookstore announced in a letter [...]

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Billy Reid opening West Midtown boutique

by on January 26, 2012 in retail

Southern-inspired clothing store takes space at Westside Provision District Billy Reid is opening its seventh shop in West Midtown, Bearings Atlanta first reported. The Southern-inspired clothing boutique will open at Westside Provision District , according to the report. The 2,500 square-foot space, at 1170 Howell Mill Road, will reportedly offer both mens and womens collections. [...]

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Michael Kors to replace Theory at Phipps Plaza

by on January 23, 2012 in retail

Retailer to open its newest store across the street from an existing Buckhead location. Michael Kors, an American luxury lifestyle retailer, is opening its fourth Georgia location. It will open at Phipps Plaza, across the street from the existing Michael Kors boutique at Lenox Square Mall. Michael Kors filed a permit with City of Atlanta [...]

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The Georgia Aquarium’s retail provider spending $650K to renovate main gift store

by on January 19, 2012 in retail

Aquarium to open temporary gift shop during construction. The largest of The Georgia Aquarium’s two gift shops is slated for renovations. A permit citing construction costs of $650,000 was filed with City of Atlanta for the project. The aquarium’s retailer provider, Event Network, will be funding the renovations, Mackenzie Anderson, public relations specialist for the [...]

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Sur La Table spending $700K to take Williams Sonoma’s Phipps Plaza space

by on January 8, 2012 in retail

Kitchenware retailer files permit to build demonstration kitchen at Buckhead Mall Sur La Table is opening its newest store at Phipps Plaza mall in Buckhead. The kitchenware retailer will replace Williams Sonoma in space 1035, at 3500 Peachtree Street, according to a permit filed with City of Atlanta Wednesday. Sur La Table will spend an [...]

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